TV's greatest villains

TV Guide has published a list of Tv's 60 greatest villains. Below is their top 20.

Missing is Ben Linus from Lost & Diana from both V's

1. J.R. Ewing from Dallas
2. 2 Mr. Burns from The Simpsons
3. 3. Gus Fring from Breaking Bad
4. 4. The Borg form Star Trek: The Next Generation
5. 5. The One-Armed Man from The Fugitive
6. 6. Al Sweargengen from Deadwood
7. 7. Alexis Colby from Dynasty
8. 8. Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows
9. 9. Nina Myers from 24
10. 10. Simon Cowell from American Idol, The X Factor
11. 11. Angelus from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
12. 12. Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell from Prison Break
13. 13. Baltar from Battlestar Galactica
14. 14. Joffrey Baratheon from Game of Thrones
15. 15. Mags Bennet from Justified
16. 16. Bob/Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks
17. 17. Frank Burns from M*A*S*H
18. 18. Al Capone from The Untouchables
19. 19. Cartman from Southpark
20. 20. Ben Chang from Community

Not crazy about including cartoon characters. I think an honorable mention because Defiance has only been on one season is Datek & his wife,

They should group all of the villains on the Batman series and include them as one on the list. There were some very talented actors in those guest roles.

Don't forget Wo Fat from Hawaii Five-O, old and new series.

Good Luck!
Ric at Joes

What about that Doctor guy on Lost in Space ???

He belongs on that list


Rick

I was thinking the same thing.

Also was Frank Burns a villian or just a goof?

I scratched my head a bit too on some of those. Frank Burns wasjust a goof. Some people actually he was a bad guy?
Dr. Smith was the guy on lost in space.
Oh yea, the Batman series had some excellent bad guys/villains. I saw an old batman show in the not so distant past and Burgess Meridith as the penguin(I think?) was great. I remember the twilight zone had a lot of great guest character's too. I know they weren't villains but the subject reminded me of it.

I think the one armed man from the fugitive is a stretch as a villain for sure, he was just a hired thug(or a step up from thug, whatever you wanna call that).

Looking over that list, I hardly know anyone else on there. I guess goes to show how much I watch new stuff, which I will take that as compliment to myself. I think 99% of new TV shows/entertainment are crap, but that's only my opinion.

J

Burgess Meredith was the Penguin.
Caesar Romero was the Joker
Julie Newmar was the Catwoman (yes, there were other catwomen, but Julie Newmar will always be "the catwoman". I don't know how Adam West didn' t have a boner when she was dressed in that skintight outfit.)
Frank Gorshin was the Riddler
Victor Buono was King Tut
Vincent Price was Egghead
Roddy McDowall was the Bookworm
Liberace was Chandell
Shelley Winters was Ma Parker
Cliff Robertson was Shame

There were others, but it was kind of an all-star list.

Jatki,

I've found two very enjoyable over the air TV stations ME TV (memorable entertainment TV) which plays Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Big Valley, Dragnet, Emergency and the Rifle Man each day. And that's just their afternoon lineup.

On the weekend there's The Rebel, Wagon Train, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, It Takes a Thief and Svengouli who plays the 50 & 60s monster movie.They also play other 50 & 60s era shows.

At night they have the Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, MASH, Rhoda, Mary Tyler Moore, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Dick Van Dick Show, and perhaps the Outer Limits and others.

And if you're a night owl (at least in Dallas) Combat & 12 O'Clock High.

Here's their website:


ME TV


The other I've found is Cozi TV. They play mainly 70s shows like McMillian and Wife, Charlie's Angels, the Bionic Man, the Bionic Woman, I Spy, Magnum PI, Marcus Welby, The Virginian, Lassie and others.

Here's their website:

Cozi TV

I don't know if they are on cable/satellite or not, but there is a zip code based where to find them kind of thing on Cozi TV.

I don't know if you can watch/stream them online or not.

The other option I've found is to get DVDs from the library of old movies and shows.

No one can touch Gus Fring. He's number one.

Al Swearengen belongs on the list to be sure, but he became rather lovable in his own nasty way. In fact, the owner of the Bella Union, Cy Tolliver, was significantly more despicable than Swearengen.

I like simon being on the list too.

but what about that chef from hells kitchen? I refuse to watch his shows, he is such an *ss. others, bill o'rilley, morton downey, springer?